Reach Out and Read
Alexander Chu serves as the Executive Director for the Northeast region at Reach Out and Read since 2019, where the organization aims to foster early literacy through pediatric care. Prior roles include Senior Consultant in Education and Human Services at Public Consulting Group from 2015 to 2019, and Program Director at Outward Bound from 2008 to 2014, focusing on experiential learning for adolescents. Earlier experience as Teen Program Director at YMCA Storer Camps from 2001 to 2007 involved promoting youth development through outdoor programs. Alexander Chu holds an MBA in Public and Non-Profit Management with a focus on Marketing from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, a Master of Liberal Arts in Psychology from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English, Philosophy, and Environmental Science from Boston College.
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Reach Out and Read
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Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based nonprofit organization of medical providers who promote early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning at 6 months of age. Reach Out and Read serves more than 4 million children and their families annually. Reach Out and Read families read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten better prepared to succeed, with larger vocabularies and stronger language skills. During the preschool years, children served by Reach Out and Read score three to six months ahead of their non-Reach Out and Read peers on vocabulary tests. These early foundational language skills help start children on a path of success when they enter school.